(JTA) — Sixty-five percent of Latin American Jewish leaders fear that their community could suffer a terrorist attack, a new survey found. That figure climbs to 90 percent of Argentinean Jewish leaders, whose community already has suffered two terrorist attacks: in 1992 on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 and injured 242;…
Police in Argentina have recovered what they believe to be the largest trove of Nazi artifacts in the country’s history. Some 75 objects, including decorative knives, a bust of Hitler, and even a caliper inscribed with a swastika, were found in a collector’s home in Beccar, a suburb north of Buenos Aires. “Our first investigations…
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Argentinean federal police discovered original Nazi objects from World War II, including tools for Nazi medical experiments. The objects were found on Friday in a hidden room of a house located in the northern part of greater Buenos Aires. The objects are now in the custody of the justice who is…
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking at a synagogue in Argentina, said anti-Semitism must be fought “wherever it appears.” She also praised Argentina for receiving Germans who escaped from the Nazis during World War II. In the first hours of her one-day official visit to the South American country, Merkel on Thursday…
(JTA) — An Argentine news outlet’s investigation into the death of Jewish special prosecutor Alberto Nisman won a national prize from Google Argentina and the National Forum of Professional Journalists. The national “Innovative and Digital Award” was announced during the 6th National Congress of Digital Journalism, organized by the National Forum of Professional Journalists, or…
(JTA) — The investigation by the late AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman – who accused the previous Argentinean government off covering up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing- includes 40,000 audio recordings from a tapped phone. Argentinean news media outlet La Nacion analyzed the audio recordings over two years, published the findings and developed a…
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Argentina´s President Mauricio Macri along with the Argentinean-born Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. During the visit, Argentina signed two cooperation agreements to spread Anne Frank´s lessons to Argentinean young people and to promote dialogue and tolerance. Heads of state visiting the Netherlands rarely make…
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — LGBT Jews held their first global event in South America in Buenos Aires. JAG, the organization of Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transexual Jews in Argentina and the World Congress of LGBT Jews organized the first global event in South America, gathering participants from Brazil, Colombia, Chile, France, Italy, Mexico, and the…
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